Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SJR23 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 23
5	5	April 3, 2023 - Introduced by Senators WIRCH, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON,
6	6	ROYS and SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives C. ANDERSON, BARE,
7	7	EMERSON, HONG, JOERS, MADISON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, RATCLIFF, SINICKI and
8	8	SHANKLAND. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
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10	10	Relating to: affirming the Wisconsin State Legislature's support for Social Security
11	11	and Medicare.
12	12	Whereas, Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, also known as Social
13	13	Security, was enacted in 1935 to provide a safety net for workers in the event of old
14	14	age, disability, or the death of a parent or spouse; and
15	15	Whereas, Social Security has become extremely popular and successful in its
16	16	nearly 90-year existence; and
17	17	Whereas, in 2023, an average of almost 67 million Americans each month
18	18	receive some form of Social Security benefit, totaling over one trillion dollars in
19	19	benefits paid during the year; and
20	20	Whereas, Social Security is the primary source of income for many or most
21	21	retirees, with nine out of ten people aged 65 and older receiving a Social Security
22	22	benefit as of December 31, 2022; and
23	23	Whereas, Social Security provides more than just retirement benefits.
24	24	Disabled workers and their dependents accounted for almost 12 percent of the total
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43	43	benefits paid in 2022, and the survivors of deceased workers accounted for 11.5
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45	45	Whereas, Social Security currently lifts more than 16 million older adults and
46	46	1.1 million children out of poverty; and
47	47	Whereas, Medicare started in 1965 through an amendment to the Social
48	48	Security Act of 1935; and
49	49	Whereas, Medicare serves as the primary source of health insurance for 65
50	50	million Americans, either aged 65 and older or younger people living with long-term
51	51	disabilities; and
52	52	Whereas, Medicare helps to pay for hospital and physician visits, prescription
53	53	drugs, and other acute and post-acute care services; and
54	54	Whereas, Medicare plays a major role in the health-care system, accounting for
55	55	21 percent of total national health spending in 2021; and
56	56	Whereas, Medicare covers 62 percent of all long-term care costs in the United
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58	58	Whereas, the number of Americans aged 65 and older will increase from about
59	59	58 million in 2022 to about 76 million by 2035; now, therefore, be it
60	60	Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the
61	61	Wisconsin Legislature support Social Security and Medicare, and Wisconsin's
62	62	congressional delegation is urged to oppose any cuts or changes that would harm the
63	63	viability and stability of these programs.
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